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• Antoinetta Hermina Knuijver († 1873)
• Anna Dimphna Adriaanssen, Ossendrecht (Woensdrecht) (Noord-Brabant) († 1847)
• Anna Hubertus VERGOUWEN, Rijsbergen,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Agatha Johanna Sevenhuijsen Sevenhuijsen Sevenhuijsen Sevenhuijsen Zevenhuijzen, Zierikzee gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL († 1863)
• Aleida Roelofs, Wyler, Duitsland († 1866)
• Abraham Geschiere, Oostkapelle, Zeeland, Nederland († 1811)
• Aaltje Lange, Oosterwolde († 1836)
• Anthonie Röhne, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Dimphna Adriaansen, Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1847)
• Aaltje - Hendriks Langen, Oosterwolde {FR}

• Arij (Huizer) Huijser (60)
• Arij Hendriks Zwart Swart (74), Ijsselmonde
• Geertruijd Claasse van der Valk (74), Naaldwijk
• Arij Hendriks SWART (74), IJsselmonde
• Antonij (Anthonij) Hamels
• Geertrui van der Valck (80), Naaldwijk
• Elisabeth Lievers (74), Gorinchem
• Barend Dirks Hulscher (39), Hazerswoude
• Antonia Daamen (12), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Arie Hendriksz Arij Hendriks Swart (74), IJsselmonde

• 1757 » Pierre Augereau, French general († 1816)
• 1762 » Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch general, lawyer, and politician, 36th Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies († 1818)
• 1772 » Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, philosopher, and critic († 1834)
• 1775 » Giuseppe Baini, Italian priest, composer, and critic († 1844)
• 1790 » Alphonse de Lamartine, French poet and politician, French Head of State († 1869)
• 1811 » Filippo Colini, Italian operatic baritone († 1863)
• 1821 » Sims Reeves, English tenor and actor († 1900)
• 1833 » Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize († 1896)
• 1845 » Will Carleton, American poet and journalist († 1912)
• 1847 » Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian poet and playwright († 1906)

• 1765 » Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian painter and architect (b. 1691)
• 1775 » Peyton Randolph, American lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Continental Congress (b. 1721)
• 1777 » Samuel Foote, English actor and playwright (b. 1720)
• 1805 » George Duff, Scottish captain (b. 1764)
• 1805 » Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral (b. 1758)
• 1805 » John Cooke, English captain (b. 1763)
• 1821 » Dorothea Ackermann, German actress (b. 1752)
• 1835 » Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer (b. 1775)
• 1861 » Edward Dickinson Baker, American congressman and colonel (b. 1811)
• 1872 » Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1794)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Hendrik
4. Pieter
5. Cornelis
6. Joannes
7. Willem
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. Jean
15. Adrianus
16. Leendert

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Catharina
6. Trijntje
7. Marie
8. Joanna
9. Elisabeth
10. Grietje
11. Neeltje
12. Adriana
13. Antje
14. Aaltje
15. Elizabeth
16. Janna

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• January 23 » Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.).
• July 9 » In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
• July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.
• September 11 » Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
• September 24 » The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.
• October 5 » French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.

The temperature on October 21, 1789 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.